Asha Degree—They may have found her?

[Anonymous]

I had never heard of this case, but, wow - it does seem to be quite the mystery. The text chain talked a lot about the shirt that the mom said wasn’t Asha’s. Would the youngest daughter have been at the same school as Asha (even if very different grades)?

[Anonymous]

Isn’t Asha a BIPOC ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t Asha a BIPOC ?

Asha is black. Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based on the other evidence (car, DNA, other witnesses) it sounds like this family definitely was involved. But there's nothing particularly damning in those text messages that I see.

Didn’t they make the DNA connection through a DNA sharing databank? I interpreted the “it was my fault” to her doing a 23 and Me. Her DNA would understandably be all over things the family owned (like the car) so I wonder if they’re even involved at all, and if it was just the dad.

I read somewhere (I don't remember where, and of course now I can't find it, so take with a grain of salt) that it was a different sister that did the 23&me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on the other evidence (car, DNA, other witnesses) it sounds like this family definitely was involved. But there's nothing particularly damning in those text messages that I see.

I completely agree that they don't scream "I am guilty!" but they also clearly indicate that the sisters have more info and are largely taking direction from/protecting dad. These are not the texts of totally innocent people talking to each other where they have no idea why they are being targeted.

Unlike others, I actually think it is totally plausible that she was accidentally hit by a car while she was out for other reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t Asha a BIPOC ?

Asha is black. Why?

You don’t think her race matters at all?

[Anonymous]

And, by the way, it’s spelled: Black, not “black.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve followed this case off and on for years and always assumed that somebody groomed her and lured her out of the house and then killed her. If it was a random car accident WHY was this little girl out on the highway in the dead of night in a rainstorm to begin with?

There are several classic children’s books out there that make running away seem quite an attractive proposition. I know I myself made plans to emulate a few of them at that age, although I never carried through. My Side of the Mountain, particularly.